Combined whip-socket and rein-holder



(N9 Model.)

. G.-E. HORN;

COMBINED. WHIP SOCKET AND REIN fiOLDEBL No; 357,674. Patented Feb 15, 1887.

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UNITED STATES ATEN OFFICE.

GEORGE E. HORN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CO MBINED WHIP-SOCKET AND RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357.674, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed November 18, 1886. Serial No. 219,257. (No model.)

' T aZZ tuhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. HORN, re-

siding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Whip-Socket and Rein-Holder, of which the following is a full description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which V Figure l is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a cross-section on line 00 x of Fig. 2.

The object of this invention is to make a combined whip and line or rein holder which will firmly hold both the whip and lines when not in use, and will allow the whip to be readily withdrawn when the lines are withdrawn or are in use; andits nature consistsin the parts and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed as new.

In the drawings, A represents the whipsocket, made in the usual form, of rubber, wood, or other suitable material, and having an opening, a, sufficiently above its lower end to leave a space for the end ferrule or swell of the whip below it.

B B represent bands passing around the socket A, to firmly hold and attach it to an upright or arm, D, which is secured to the dash-board or its frame, or to any other convenient part of the vehicle, as at E.

C represents a lever orbar, pivoted near its center between its'ends to the band B by the pivot or pin b, and having its upper portion slightly bent outward, and its lower end is provided with an inward projection, c, of a sufficient length to pass through the opening a intothe socket A when the lines are in place, as shown in Fig. 2. A spring, d, is attached to thebar C near to or below the pivot-pin b, which presses at its lower end against the socket and holds the projection 0 out of the case or socket A when not in useas a line or rein holder, as shown in Fig. 1, leaving the whip to be freely inserted or withdrawn.

A whip, F, is shown in place and locked in Fig. 2.

G indicates sections or parts of lines or reins in place for holding and for locking the whip.

As the upper surface of the projection c is beveled or inclined, the device is operative without the spring d, for when the lines are removed the whip may be unlocked by hand With t diffiaulty.

the lines or reins G are then drawn down be tween the lever or bar C and the socket A, and are thereby firmly held, and at the same time they press the upper end of the lever C outward, causing the projection c of the lower end of the lever to enter the socket and press against the whip above the ferrule, which looks it firmly and prevents withdrawal before the lines are removed. When the lines or reins G are removed, the spring d throws out the lower end of the lever or bar C and withdraws the projection 0, thereby leaving the whip free and ready for withdrawal.

The advantages of this invention are that when the lines or reins and the whip are in place they are firmly held, that the lines are held in such a way that the driver can readily and quickly take them up, and they-are not loosened or displaced by any movement of the horse, while the whip is held so that passing persons cannot pull it out without stopping to displace the lines. The bar C being wholly on the outside leaves the socket free and clear on the inside, so that it can be used as a whipsocket without interference from the reinholder, while the spring improves its action asa rein-holder when there is no whip in the socket.

I am aware that combined whip-sockets and rein-holders have been heretofore made, and I do not broadly claim such combinations; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the socket A, having an opening, a, near its lower end, but above the socket-bottom, of the lever C, pivoted exterior to said socket and having at its lower end a projection, c, that enters the opening a near the socket-bottom, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the socket A, having an opening, a, near its lower end, but above the socket-bottom, the bands B B for connecting the socket with its support, and the bar or lever C, pivoted to the band B and provided at its lower end with a projection, c, that enters the opening a near the socketbottom, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE E. HORN.

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